Dan Krokos

If you read enough about how to write (something I don’t necessarily recommend) you will come across something called resonance.

Leaving your readers wanting more.

That tingly feeling you get when you close a book. A chill. You think about it day’s later, a little sad that it’s over. The final scene has resonated with you.

Unfortunately, they never tell you how to achieve that.

I came across a perfect example while finishing up MY DEAD BODY by Charlie Huston. Through five books we follow Joe Pitt through hell. If the guy gets a break, it doesn’t last long.

SPOILERS:

After all is said and done, Joe grabs his girl from the Enclave HQ and hooks up with a Vampyre biker gang. They prepare to ride out of Manhattan, to seek refuge as Vampyres are revealed to the world.

These two paragraphs are near the end:

A few blocks from the bridge I pull to the curb outside a deli. When I come out I have five packs of Luckys. I peel one open and stick a smoke in my face and my girl digs my old Zippo from my jacket pocket and gives me a light.

Some moments, they’re worth what you go through to get there.

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WOW!

WOW!

THAT’S RESONANCE.

Some moments, they’re worth what you go through to get there. We know exactly what Joe Pitt is talking about. The road ahead will be hard for him and his kind, but that moment is frozen in time. It was all worth it.